Garment-hanger and lock.



No. 844,305. v PATENTED PEB. 12, 1907..:l

J. C. EPLER.

GARMENT HANGER AND LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5. 1906.

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PATENTED PEB. l2, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 1906.

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JOHN OLETIOUS EPLER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARwlENT-HANGER AND Look.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application iiled May 5, 1906. Serial No. 315,440.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

ment and a hat, together with a chain or its equivalent, whereby to hang abag, and also aclamping device for .umbrellas and lcanes and means for locking the vwearing-apparel and an umbrella or cane in their supports, which means-are simultaneously operated to lock or to-release: the articles by the action of a single, preferably key-controlled, lock.

A further purpose of the invention is to so construct the=lock and key that when the receivers for the articles are unlocked the key cannot be withdrawn and to so construct the device that it can be placed in any desired position: and attached to any desired object and so that the devicewill be simple, durable, relable, and economic.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinaiterully set forth, and pointed out in the claims. l

Reference is to be had to the accompanyingk drawings, forming a part ot this specification, in which similar characters o'll reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 2 isa sectional side elevation. Fig. 3 is an! enlarged bottom plan view of the device with the cover removed and showing the operative parts in position to lock the receivers for the several articles. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 5, but showing the operative parts in the position they occupy when the receivers are unlockediortherremoval of -articl'es. Fig. 5 isan enlarged transversesectionthrough a portion of the casing,a plan view or a ortion of the locking device for the garmentiook, and a sectional plan view of a lock for the same. Fig. 6 is also an enlarged transverse section througha portion of the casing .and a sectional plan view oi the clamping ldevice or receiver for canes or um,-I

.casing is shown as rectangular and is showing the key in side elevation inthe lock; and Fig. 8 is an outer face view of a portion ofthe casing and the keyhole-cylinder, illus- -trating the manner in which the key is locked inthe casing when the tumblers are in position to provide for the unlocking of the receivers.

A represents acasing which may be oi any desired shape or size. In the drawings the rovided with a removable bottom plateplO, held spaced a suit-able distance irom the `iront of the casing by lugs 11, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and lugs 12 are formed upon the inner face of the iront of the casing, eX-

'tending to an engagement with the inner a's shown in Fig. 2, and its outer end portion is upwardly curved, as is illustrated inboth Figs. 1 and 2. In the upper edge ofthe body of the said hook B a. recess 15 is preferably made.

Anelongated link 16 is adapted to be slid over the garment-hook B upon its body to the recess15 therein, and prior to placingv the garment-hook B in position a ring 17 is slippedvupon the lower member of said hook, so that when the hookis in position this ring 17 cannot be removed therefrom.

One end of a chain O is secured to thering 17, and the said chain between its ends is secured to the link 16. Under `this arrangement a loop-section ais formed and a pendent end section a, which latter section is provided at its free end with an attached ring 1S of sufficient size to slip over the outer end portion of the said garment-hook.- This garment-hook is adapted to support a coat or a like garment, the strap at the back ot' the neck being passed over the said hook, anda hat is adapted to rest upon the out-er end of the hook B in the customary manner. Should a bag also need to be cared for, the link 16 is slipped from the garment-hook B and is passed through the bail or handle of the bag, and then said link is slipped to position on the garment-hook.

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In connection with the garment-hook B al locking-arm D is employed, located above the hook. This locking-arm is curved downward in direction ofthe outer end of the garment-hook B, approaching the latter sufficiently close to just admit a hat of ordinary thickness being supported between the two points without injury to the material of the hat. This locking-arm D is pivotally mountedin the casing and is adapted to have a quarter-revolution, so that it can move sufficiently from the garment-hook B to permit the introduction of a hat, for example, on the garment-hook or for the ready removal vof articles" therefrom. To that end a stud 19 is formed at the inner end ofthe base portion of the locking-arm D, as is shown in Fig. 5, which studD is loosely passed through a suitable opening in thecasing A. The inner end portion of this stud 19 is made polygonal andA is passed into a correspondingly-shaped opening in a disk 20, located within the casing, as is also best shown in Fig. 5, the disk being locked to the stud 18 by a suitable nut 21, so j that when the disk 20 is turned the lockingarm D is turned also and to the same extent. This disk 2() isprovided with a recess, preferably a rectangular recess 22, in its pcriphery, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and with a peripheral groove 23, leading from and connecting with the recess 22,v the said groove extending along the periphery of the said disk about a quarter of its circumference, as is shown by dotted lines'in Figs. 3 and 4. The said groove 23 is of even depth throughout. A spring 24 islocated above and is .in peripheral engagement with the disk 20, the upper end of the spring being secured to a stud 25, located above and at one side of the disk, and the other end of the disk 24 is secured, by means of a screw 26 or its equivalent, to the periphery of the disk adjacent to the recess 22, but at the side opposite that-at which the groove 23 is formed, as likewise shown in Figs. 3 and 4. This spring 24 is placed under tension when the disk 20 has been turned in direction to carry the lockingarm D to a position of closure relatively to 4 the hook B, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in

which position the disk is locked bythe locking devices to be hereinafter described. When the locking devices just referred to release the disk 20, the spring 24 acts to carry the locking-arm D to a releasing position orto a position removed from the hook B. When the hook is carried to its releasing position, it moves laterally from the hook and its point is given an upward turn.

The lock for the disk isA of peculiar construction and is best illustrated in Figs. 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8. Above and beyond the inner peripheral portion of the disk 20 a cylindrical guard 27 for the key Dl is mounted to turn in the front member of the casing, extendin y within the chamber of said casing a require distance. This guard-cylinder for the key is provided with a slot 23, extending through from end to end for the passage of the key when the said slot 28 is brought into registry with a slot 29, produced in the front member* of the casing and connecting with the opening in which the key-guard 27 is mounted to turn.

' Three tumblers 30, 31, and' 32 are employed, laid loosely oneupon the other, and these tumblers are located just below the key-guard 27, and each tumbler is provided with a corresponding slot 33 at its inner end portion, through which slots a pin or stud 34 is passed, whereby to support the inner end portions of the said tumblers and permit them to have sliding motion to and from the disk 20, since the outer ends of the tumblers 30, 31, and 32 are, adapted to enter the recess 22 in the said disk 20 when the disk is turned to expand a spring 24, andY this is accomlplished by moving the llocking-arm D from its open to its closed position.

Each tumbler is provided with an attached l spring 35, and said springs extend downward from the tumblers and are made to engage with acommon stud 36, extending inward from the front member of the casing, as is shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, the springs 35 hav-- ing such bearing onthe stud 36 as to normally force the tumblers in direction for engagement with the disk 20. Each disk is provided with a slot 37 in its upper edge, and y these slots 37 in the outer tumblers 30 and 32 are in registry in both positions of the tumblers, while the slot 37 in the intermediate tumbler 3l, which is a stop-tumbler, is slightly to the rear of the slots in the tumblers IOO 30 and 32, but partially in alinement withv the slots in the latter tumblers, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. tion to receive the tumblers and the tumblers have entered the recess 22 in the disk, the slots 37 in the tumblers will be in alinement with the key-slot 29 in the outer mem- When the disk is in posi- IIO trated in Fig. 3. Therefore when the key is introduced into the slots of the tumblers for the purpose of throwing them from locking engagement with therecessed portion of the disk the tumblers 30 and 32 will be given a far greater inward throw, or a throw away from the disk, than will be given the intermediate tumbler 31, and while the outer tumblers 30..and.32 are thus entirely. removedI from-the recess V22 theintermediate tumbler 31- is'. but partially removed,l and,l consequently is .opposite thegroove 23fwhen the spring24-acts to turnthe disk-.20'to.-itsunlcckedposition, (shown inFig. 4, )andat such time theintermediate.tumbler31.by striking theclosed-endof the groove 23, asis also 'shown in Fig. 4, limits the return movement 'of the lsaid-disk 20preventing it from making more than aquarter .of a turn, which asis Yshown inuFigs. 3'and 4, and the inner end of this guard-plate40 is provided with an opening whichy receives` the lower recessed portions 42 of the keyvguard 27 ,as is shown in Fig. 7, andthus practically bridges the upper portion of the slotf37 inthe uppermost tumbler32, asis .shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 7,-

andl .this is done in orderto form abearing forthe innerend of the key D. innerend of the key, .as is shown in Fig. 7, is

prov ided with a recess 43 which receives thel ridge portion.. of the said guard-plate 40 just referred ato, enabling` one bit of the key to be in the outer end portionof the key-slot 28 and another .bit to be withintheslots 37 in thevtumblers. Furthermore, at the handle portion of the key D a deep'recess 44 ismade in one side edge, whichirecess is prefl erably deeper than the lengthv of the keyholeslot A29 in thecasing, as isshown in Fig. 7. Therefore when the key. is turned to the position.` shown by dotted lines in Fig. .8, which position it assumes when it has drawn the tumblers inward or out .of `locking engagement with the disk 20, the lower wall of the recessed portion 44 of the key will have'b'eveny brought beneaththe solid ortion of the casing adjacent to the key ole-slot 29, thus preventing v.the key from being witdhrawn since the, tumblers. cannot be restored -to locking `Contact with 'thepdisk 20. until ythe arm Du has again been brought into locking positionerelatively to the garment-hook B'.

The locking-arm D being in open position and the coat ,or other ,garments and bag, if

desired, havingB been suspended :from .the the hat of the wearer is arment-hook 'nally placed upon the outer. end of the said hook, and then thelockin -arm D is closed,

and the crownof the hat wi libe held betweenV the vopposing end surfaces of the yarm D and the hookeB.

In connection with the casin I have pro-` vided a clipork clampE, which is adapted to receive Vthe ,upright portion of an umbrella- The said'- withdrawal of the object held, but so that the. object may be released therefrom when de.- sired 'by the proper individual. When this clamp or clip is associated with' thegarmenthook and its locking-arm, it is by. preference. placed to one side of the hook, as is .shown in Fig. 1, and at the selected part ofthe casingA A anfopening 45 is madein the front member of the casing, as shown. in Fig.. 6, which opening receives the outer end portion of a boX 46, the outer endvportion 47 of which box is open. Thesaid box is provided with lugs 48, which engage with the inner face of the front member of the casing and is secured thereto by screws 49 or like devices. In theA back of the said boX 46longitudinal slots 50 are produced, one at each side of the center, as is also shownbest in Fig. 6, and at the central portion of the back a boss 51 is produced adapted to receive a screw 52.

Retaining-arms 53 and 54 are employed, which extend out beyond lthe front face of the casing, and these arms yare reverselyl curved, so as to form practically a segmental.: space between them; but the outer ends 55 of the arms are brought sufficiently close together .when the arms are in their .retaining` position to prevent the withdrawal of an object placed between them until the said arms are unlocked'. The arms are pivoted at their inner ends by pivot-pins `56, which are passed through theboX 46 adjacent to its open end, and at the outer sides of the pivots 56 an in,- wardly-extendingvlug 57 is preferably made integral with the base portionof each arm 53 and 54, as best shown in 6. The outer ends of the arms- 53 and 54 are normallyheld quite close together bymeansof a spring 58, which' is interposed between the lugs 57. Each lug 57 is provided with an inwardly-eXF tending pin extension 59. These pineXtensions project .through the openings 50-in the backof the boX 46. j

A plate 60 is held to slide on the back of the boX 46, and this plate is provided withja cen tralI substantially longitudinally elongated opening v61, through which the screw 52,

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above referred to, is loosely passed, so that l at each side of thecentral elongated opening I 61, the opening 62 beingin the same plane as the openingsk 50 in the boX 46. -Thus the .retaining-arms 53 and 54 of the clamp E being in their normal position, if the plate 60 is slid outward,`so as to bring the solid portion of the plate over the pin projections 59, as shown iny Figs. 3 and 6,'it will be impossible for the retaining-arms 53 and 54 to be separated; but if thesaid plate 60 is slid inward, so as to bring its opening 62 in registry with the openings 50. i in the back of the box 46, -as is' shown in Fig. 4, the .retaining-aims 53 -and 54 miy-then-:be separated, since the pin. projections-59 canV` extend out and have movement in the open'- i groove connecting withthe "recess, a spring ings 62, as well as in the openings 50, and at such time it is possible to remove an object frombetween the said retaining-arms. When the clip or clamp E is associated with the hook B and locking-arm D, the plate 60'is provided with a shank 63, which is pivoted at its inner end to the disk 20 at one side, preferably the outer side, of the recess 22 therein, as is shown at 64 in Figs. 3 and 4. When this construction is employed, as the disk 20 moves to its unlocked position (shown in Fig. 4) it will draw theshank 63 inward, and consequently the connected plate 60, and when the disk 20 reaches its position of rest (shown in Fig. 4) the openings 62 in the plate will be over the openings 50 in the box 46. When the disk 20 is turned for locking engagement with the tumblers of the lock, as is shown in Fig. 3, the shank 63 will be forced outward, and likewise the plate 60, and the solid portion of the plate will cover the slot- 50 in the box 46 and hold the retaining-arms in their retaining position against outside pressure, yas clearly illustrated in Fig. 6. I desire it, however, to be understood that the hook B andthe locking-arm D and its connections, together with the lock, may be employed without association with the clamp or clip E and also without having the chain attachment, if so desired.

It is also evident that the clamp or clip E may be used independently of the lockingarm D and the hook B, the disk 20 and connected parts, together with the lock, being retained, and means provided for turning the disk to locking osition.

Above the'ci'p or clampE, I preferably place two stationary outwardly-extending prongs 65, adapted to receive between them and supportthe handle of an umbrella or cane, and these prongs are generally passed f through the front face of the casing A and are secured in position by nuts 66 screwed upon their inner edges. y

The device may be made of any size, and

any appropriate material may be employed in its construction.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In mechanisms for supporting and locking articles to their supports, a casing, a garment-support secured to said casing, a locking-arm pivotally mounted in the casing above the garment-support, the free end of the said arm being adapted in one position thereof to be over and in close proximity to the corresponding end of the garment-support, the said free end of the arm in its other position being removed from the vicinity of the said garment-support, 'a disk secured within thecasing at the inner end of said locking-arm, which disk is provided with a peripheral recess and with a peripheral for, the associated tumblers having fricf tional engagement only with the said disk.

2. In mechanisms for supporting and locking articles to their supports, a rigid supporting member, a revoluble locking member havf ing a keeper-section and mounted for movement to a position over the support and in close proximity thereto and to a position removed from the support, a tension device for the locking member, controlling its movement to open position, a locking device for holding the locking member in positionover the su' port, the said locking device being manual y operated to said latter position, and a boxcasing iitting in the main casing, open at the front and provided with openings at its rear, spring-controlled retaining-arms pivotedv in the said casing and having projections which extend into theopenings at the back of the casing, aplate mounted toslide on the back of the casing, having openings. therein capa-` ble of registery with the openings in the cas-l ing, and a connection between the lockingarm and the said plate, whereby when the locking-arm is carried to locking position the solid portion of the plate is over the' projections from the retaining-arms, preventing the movement of the said arms, and whereby when the locking-arm is in releasing positiony the openings in the plate register with the lopenings inthe box-casing, to'permit the movement of the retaining-arms away from each other.

3. In ymechanisms for supporting and locking articles to their supports, a main casing, a box-casing iitted to the main casing, being open at its front and provided with openings at its rear, spring-controlled retaining-arms pivoted in the said box-casing and adapted for movement to and from each other, projections from the retaining-arms, extending into the openings in the back of the box-cas-` ing, a disk mounted to revolve in the main casing, provided with a keeper-section, means for turning the saidv disk in onedirection, a spring attached to the Adisk and to the main casing, controlling the movement of the disk in an opposite direction, alocking device for the said disk, means for limiting the rotation of the disk in a direction away from the locking device when released therefrom, a plate mounted to slide over the back ofthe said :body-casing, having openings therein capable i 1n testimony whereof I have signed my y of registry with the back of the body-casing, i name to this specification in the presence of and a connection between the plate and the i two subscribing witnesses.

disk, whereby the two simultaneously operi JOHN CLETIOUS EPLER. 5 ate and the vplatte is carried either to a pos- Witnesses:

tion for locking the said arms or to a position GEORGE J. BRENSINGER,

for releasing the said arms. ELLEN C. BRENSINGER. 

